Furniture-fastener.



' PATENTVED FEB.11, 190s.

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FURNITURE PASTBNER.

APPLICATION I'ILBD'JAN. 22. 1907.

. WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRA W. SPROUT AND RYLAND E. KESTER, OF HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA.

FURNITURE-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, IRA W. SPROUT and RYLAND E. KEsTER, citizens of the United States, residing at Hanover, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Furniture-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in furniture fastenings, and more particularly to that class adapted to secure the tops or standards upon bureaus or dressers or other similar pieces of furniture.

The object of this invention is to provide a device of this character of simple and cheap construction that will hold the attached parts securely together or reassembled by proper manipulation Without the use of a screwdriver or other tool.

The invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the fastener in locked position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

Referring to the drawings, the fastener 1 is shown attached tothe base 2 and top 3 of a piece of furniture and com rises an oblong.

metal cleat 4, provided at its ower end with a laterally-extended lug 5 and near its upper end with an aperture or key-slot 6 adapted to receive a screw or other headed projection. This slot is formed with a main opening and with a branch slot extending longitudinally of the cleat and adapted to fit the shank of the screw and countersunk to permit the head of the screw to be flush with the outer surface of the cleat. The said cleat 4 is slidably mounted against the base and top in a recess of the transverse keeper or plate 7, rigidly secured to the base 2 by means of the screws 8, 9. To the outside of the keeper and centrally thereof, the oval looking button 10 is pivotally connected by means of-the screw 11.. The locking button is provided with a central longitudinal rib 12 which serves as a convenient means for turning the button. It is evident that the button will normally hang with its long diameter in a vertical direction, owing to the force of ravity. The cleat 4 is also provided with laterfi extensions 13 which prevent the cleat from droptaming plates.

ping through the recess in the transverse re- In attaching the fastener to a piece of furniture the cleat 4 is placed within the recess of the transverse retaining plate, and the said transverse plate is then screwed to the base of the furniture so that the cleat will stand with its slotted end up; the oval button is then attached to the transverse plate and rotated to bring its free end into engagement with the said lateral lug 5 of the said cleat 4, and a screw or other headed projection is then inserted through the small end of said key-slot 6 into the top of the piece of furniture to be attached until the head of the screw draws the cleat into sliding contact with said top. It is evident that the top will now be held securely to the base of the piece of furniture and can be released readily and easily at any moment by simply turning the button upon its pivot and sliding the plate 4 until the main opening of the key-slot is brought beneath the head of the contained screw, when the top may be withdrawn.

Upon a large piece of furniture two or more of the fasteners may be used in order to secure ample strength and rigidity, or a single fastener of larger size than that required by small furniture may be found satisfactory: I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is Afastener of the class described comprising a keeper having a centrally arranged recess, a flat a proximately rectangular cleat plate eXtendmg slidably through such recess and provided at its upper end with a key hole slot and being further provided with a pair of laterally extending shoulders for engagement with the upper surface of the keeper, the lower end of the cleat having an outwardly bent flange extending at a right angle to the face of the cleat, and a pivotally mounted locking cam carried by the keeper and arranged to engage said flange, said lock ing member having a projecting rib forming an operating handle.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

IRA w. SPROUT. RYLAND E. KESTER.

Witnesses:

E. H. Srnour, T. J. LITTLE. 

